October meeting with Anne Simpkins

On October 1st, the Charlotte Chapter held it's monthly meeting at the Mint Hill Library. We started the meeting with ballots for the election of officers. Members that were in attendance voted at the meeting, absent members will vote via email. A list of the members that made a written vote will be compared to the email vote making sure that everyone gets one vote only.

Elaine Mitchell shared that the work orders for the Dove House are arriving and they have sent additional rooms. Therefore, we have need for additional help. Contact Elaine if you are interested.

Lurene Ulrich won our door prize, a pair of scones from Whispar Innovations. A really cool invention that allows draperies to be fed from the bottom up to make a column or the sconce will hold a drapery rod from the side.

Jane Ann Maxwell announced that we have a new Facebook page and blog. She asked for help with content for both and encouraged members that are not participating in the online community to do so. The Facebook page can be searched by WCAA Charlotte Chapter and the blog can be found at http://www.wcaacharlotte.blogspot.com/.

Finally, our speaker was the delightful Anne Simpkins. She is the president of the Charlotte Chapter of the AIDP. The title of her talk was "Why the AIDP today?" She shared the unique position of the organization in todays market and she shared bits and snippets of her own personal experience and how it has led to the AIDP. She also shared the coming events and meetings that will be held by the organization and invited our members to come be a part of this dynamic new group.